Have a beach day.
Before I decided to start doing a bucket list, I was crafting monthly challenges with an overarching theme. Turns out, trying to create 30-day challenges for each month—and actually doing them—is rather difficult! It not only takes a lot of brain power to craft these challenges, but I also have to remember to check in and actually do the little micro-challenges I've set for each day. Instead of stressing myself out over this, I've decided to start making monthly bucket lists for myself instead!…
Everything always works out in my favor.
Everything happens for a reason. That's a quote I'm a firm believer in. While it's often used to dispel negative thoughts or as a vague encouragement to someone falling on hard times, I think it has a much deeper meaning than we give it credit for. When something doesn't work out, plans fall through, or my Jeep breaks down, I can't help but try and see the bigger picture. It happened for a reason, right? So now it's my job to try and figure out what that reason is…
I have to stop writing for other people.
I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I've rebranded the logos and changed the colors on this blog. From its conception I thought I had everything figured out, but as time went on and I began to write more and more, I found myself entering different eras of this blog. You may have even noticed—if you're receiving this in your email inbox—that the name Carissa Mae Whaddya Say has been changed to something different this time around…